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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, operative details, and follow up of dogs which underwent EHLD for presumptive PMM

From: Outcomes of extensive hemilaminectomy with durotomy on dogs with presumptive progressive myelomalacia: a retrospective study on 34 cases

No.

Breed

Age (years)

Sex

CP of thoracic limbs

Site of IVDH

Range of EHLD

Interval between onset and EHLD (days)

Interval between MRI and EHLD (days)

Preoperative Drugs

Survival outcome

Follow-up (weeks)

1

Toy Poodle

3.9

SF

+ 2

L3-4

T9-L4

1

0

Prednisone

Alive

290

2

Miniature Dachshund

3.3

SF

+ 2

T12-13

T4-13

4

0

None

Alive

200

3

Miniature Dachshund

8.6

M

+ 2

T13-L1

T9-L1

3

0

None

Alive

165

4

Miniature Dachshund

4.3

F

0

L1-2

T1-L2

5

0

None

Alive

164

5

French Bulldog

6.9

SF

+ 1

L1-2

T1-L2

5

1

None

Alive

158

6

Miniature Dachshund

12.8

M

+ 2

T13-L1

T1-L1

3

0

Prednisone

Dead (Food aspiration, day 54)

7

7

Miniature Dachshund

13.8

SF

+ 2

T12-13

T3-13

4

1

None

Alive

137

8

Toy Poodle

3.3

F

+ 1

T11-12

C7-T12

5

0

Prednisone

Alive

130

9

Toy Poodle

7.1

CM

+ 2

L1-2

T3-L2

3

1

Prednisone

Alive

127

10

Miniature Dachshund

3.9

M

+ 2

T12-13

T4-13

1

0

Unknown

Alive

125

11

Miniature Dachshund

4.1

M

+ 2

T12-13

T2-13

3

1

Unknown

Alive

125

12

Miniature Dachshund

5.4

CM

+ 2

T13-L1

T5-L1

6

0

Unknown

Alive

125

13

Miniature Dachshund

3.8

F

+ 2

L1-2

T2-L2

3

1

Unknown

Alive

120

14

Toy Poodle

10.5

SF

+ 2

T13-L1

T3-L1

7

0

Unknown

Dead (Uremia, day 56)

8

15

Miniature Dachshund

3.3

M

+ 2

T13-L1

T7-L1

2

0

None

Alive

112

16

Miniature Dachshund

6

CM

+ 2

T13-L1

T5-L1

2

0

None

Alive

111

17

Miniature Dachshund

4.4

F

+ 1

L3-4

T1-L4

4

3

Prednisone

Alive

109

18

Miniature Dachshund

7.4

F

+ 1

T11-12

T1-12

3

1

None

Alive

100

19

Miniature Dachshund

4.8

CM

0

L3-4

C7-L4

4

0

None

Alive

91

20

Toy Poodle

6.6

M

+ 2

L3-4

T10-L4

3

1

Prednisone

Alive

74

21

Miniature Dachshund

4.5

CM

+ 2

T13-L1, L2-3

T3-L4

3

1

Prednisone

Alive

65

22

Toy Poodle

2.8

CM

+ 2

T13-L1

T3-L1

5

1

Unknown

Alive

64

23

Miniature Dachshund

8.7

M

0

T11-12, T13-L1

T1-L1

3

0

Unknown

Dead (Respiratory failure, day3)

0

24

Miniature Dachshund

6

F

+ 1

T9-13 (multiple)

T1-T13

4

2

Unknown

Alive

59

25

Toy Poodle

6.1

M

+ 2

L5-6

T13-L6

1

0

Unknown

Alive

59

26

French Bulldog

4

CM

+ 2

L5-6

T8-L5

3

0

None

Alive

58

27

Miniature Dachshund

10

M

+ 1

L3-4

C7-L4

4

3

Unknown

Alive

48

28

Chihuahua

4

M

+ 2

L4-5

T5-L5

3

0

Unknown

Alive

48

29

Miniature Dachshund

5.3

CM

+ 2

T10-11

T3-T11

3

1

Prednisone

Alive

38

30

Miniature Dachshund

4.4

M

+ 2

L2-3

T3-L3

3

0

Unknown

Alive

27

31

Miniature Dachshund

2.8

SF

+ 2

T12-13

C7-T13

9

0

Prednisone

Alive

25

32

Toy Poodle

2.6

CM

+ 1

L3-4

C7-L4

5

1

Unknown

Alive

23

33

Miniature Dachshund

11

SF

+ 2

T11-12

T2-T12

4

0

Prednisone

Alive

22

34

Miniature Dachshund

5.4

M

+ 1

T13-L1

C7-L1

7

1

None

Alive

21

  1. CM castrated male; CP Conscious proprioception; EHLD extensive hemilaminectomy with durotomy; F female; IVDH thoracolumbar intervertebral disk herniation; M male; MRI magnetic resonance imaging; PMM progressive myelomalacia; SF spayed female.